Sea-anchor.



E. ROUSE.

SBA ANCHOR.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 21, 1913.

1,098,977, v Patented June 2, 1914.

1 I 'IHM l' l y I Il By M w ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH Co.,WAsHlNaToN. D. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

FREDERICK ROUSE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

.SEA-ANCHOR. A

To all whom t muy concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK Rouen, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of San Francisco, in the county ofSan Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and ImprovedSea-Anchor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to provide a spreading frame for an anchor of the character mentionedadapted to maintain its operative position irrespective of added weight;to provide a buoy for said anchor arranged and constructed to maintainthe equilibrium thereof; and to provide oil a ballasting compartmentadapted to hold and distribute a liquidto affect the surface of thewater in which the anchor is held when in service.

In the drawing z--Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of an anchorconstructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, aportion of the buoy being cut away to disclose the interior constructionthereof; Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

As seen in the accompanying drawings, a canvas or sheet 9 is employed asa drag to hold a drifting vessel head up to the wind or sea. For thispurpose the sheet 9 is provided with eyeleted edges 10 through theeyelets 11 whereof a continuous lacing 12 is woven, being passed overthe side bars 13 and the belaying rod 141.

The side bars 13 are pivotally connected by means of pins 15 with theshort arms 1G. The arms 16 are pivotally connected by means of bolts 17with the lugs 18, eX- tended from the tapered heads 19 of the buoyprovided to float the said anchor. The purpose in using the short arms16 is to extend the pivoted joint of pins 15 below the straight side ofthe cylinder Q0. When the anchor is to be stowed, the bars 13 havingbeen released from the sheet 9 by the lacings 12 Vbeing Withdrawn, thesaid bars are folded, as seen in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the pivotaljoints 0f the said bars with the said short arms permitting this.

The bars 13 may be disposed in any desired shape, that shown in thedrawings at Fig. 1 being a triangular shape. In this posit-ion the bars13 are connected by an eyeleted pin 21, which is normally held inposition by a screw nut 22. The pins 15 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 21, 1913.

Patented June 2, 1914. Serial No. 785,926.

as well as the pin 21 have each an eyelet to be engaged by the chainsections 23, which sections are drawn together and secured to a swivel24, thus forming a three-extensioned bridle. The swivel 24 is extended-in front of the sheet 9 of the anchor when in service. It will beunderstood that if it be desired to form a square anchor this may beaccomplished by introducing a third lrod to connect with the lower endof each of the side bars 13, and by the addition of another chainsection 23 to connect the swivel with the additional corner of the sheetor anchor section.

The cylinder` 20 is constructed of sheet metal or other suitablematerial. Adjacent each end a partition 25 is provided to hermeticallyseal the end sections or heads of' the cylinder, and to thereby form airchambers 26. The air chambers 26 being thus disposed at the extreme endsof the cylinder 20, operate to maintain the buoyancy and the surfaceposition of the said cylinder. Intermediate the partitions 25 isdisposed a third partition 27, the purpose of the partition 27 being todivide the oil holding portion of the cylinder 20 to prevent thesettling of the oil at either end of the cylinder or float, and also toprevent t ie swashing or swing of the oil in the said cylinder when thesaid cylinder is tossed by the seas into which the anchor is cast.

The partition 27 is preferably disposed in line with the fillingaperture for the cylinder 20. This aperture is normally closed by ascrew threaded plug 28. It is preferred to eliminate or restrict thecommunication between the oil chambers at the opposite sides of thepartition 27, and for this purpose the plug 28 fits snugly the edge ofthe partition 27 to forml a gate or closure member for the opening inthe said partition.

The oil contained in the compartments of the cylinder 20 is delivered toorifices `normally closed by the plugs 29. Prior to casting the anchoroverboard, the plugs 29 vare removed so that when the cylinder 20 isriding the waves the oil contained in the said cylinder will bedelivered upon the water, to be carried by the wind backward toward theboat to which the anchor is attached, opera-ting, as is well known, toquiet the waters, or the area of the sea in which the boat is floatingwhile anchored.

The particular service for which these anchors are employed is in thelife boat service7 or in service where relatively small boats areexposed to rough or tempestuous sea The object of the invention istwofold; first, to provide a drag or apparatus which will hold the boatto prevent the drifting thereof to which it is impe'lled by the force ofthe wind, and, second, to deliver a supply of oil to thewater to bespreadthereover by the wind to form a quiet area in which the boatiioats.

Claims.

l. An anchor such as described, comprising a buoy having floatingcompartments disposed at theV ends thereof, and an oil containingchamber intermediate said ends, said chamber having a receivingaperture; a partition dividing the said compartments transversely, saidpartition being alined withsaid aperture; a closure plug for saidaperture adapted to rest upon said partition; means for maintaining the.buoy with the receiving aperture uppermost; and means or withdrawing theoil from said buoy at. the bottom thereof.

2. An anchor as characterized, having an' elongated cylindricaloilecontalning float,

said float having at the ends thereof airchambers; a plurality of solidpartitions separating said chambers from a centrallydisposed bodyportion of the float; receiving means for admitting oil to said bodyportion; delivery means opening from the side of said body portionopposite that having the receiving means; removable closure members forsaid delivery means; a central partition transversely disposed in saidbody portion in line with the center of said receiving means, todistribute'the oil in said body portion, said central partition ormingin part said receiving means; a screw plug for closing said receivingmeans and the portion thereof comprised in said central partition; andmeans suspended from said Hoat for maintaining the same in position todeliver the oil from said body portion by said delivery means.

En testimony whereot1 Vl have signed my name to this speciiication inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK ROUSE.

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E. F. MURDooK, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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